SARATOGA SPRINGS — Some 29-year-olds dread turning 30. Forty is the new 30, according to some 39-year-old ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Some 29-year-olds dread turning 30. Forty is the new 30, according to some 39-year-olds. But at 70, Laura Clark isn’t looking back. The Spa City distance runner is happy to have rea ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — As the health care debate in Washington descended into absurdity this week — with se ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — As the health care debate in Washington descended into absurdity this week — with senators not knowing the content of bills they were preparing to amend and supporting unwritten b ...

Terri Black had always planned to care for her widowed father in her home if he ever became too frail to ...

Terri Black had always planned to care for her widowed father in her home if he ever became too frail to care for himself. In June 2013, Black, an only child, decided it was time: Her father’s longtim ...

NEW YORK — From his wooden perch overlooking the shoreline, Gerry Lambert stood up and eyed three teenage ...

NEW YORK — From his wooden perch overlooking the shoreline, Gerry Lambert stood up and eyed three teenagers caught in a rough ocean’s sudden riptide. “We got a little situation,” Lambert said calmly t ...

Why would an older person essentially discharge himself from a hospital, defying a physician’s recommenda ...

Why would an older person essentially discharge himself from a hospital, defying a physician’s recommendation and signing a daunting form that acknowledges he is leaving AMA — against medical advice? ...

The latest version of the Senate’s health insurance bill appeared last Thursday, and it didn’t do much to ...

The latest version of the Senate’s health insurance bill appeared last Thursday, and it didn’t do much to change the drastic reductions in Medicaid spending that were in the original legislation. Here ...

People often turn to hospice care only days before death, but seeking the service earlier can bring wider ...

People often turn to hospice care only days before death, but seeking the service earlier can bring wider benefits for both patients and their families. "It's an across-the-board misconception that pe ...

Not many employers provide workers with a paid day off to put their financial lives in order. And probabl ...

Not many employers provide workers with a paid day off to put their financial lives in order. And probably fewer still offer up to $1,000 to each employee to seed an emergency savings account. But Ada ...

These are the stories we tell ourselves: I will never be poor. I will never be disabled. My child will de ...

These are the stories we tell ourselves: I will never be poor. I will never be disabled. My child will develop normally. They stand a decent chance of being true, even. There is one tall tale, however ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Frances Isbell has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder that has left her unabl ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Frances Isbell has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder that has left her unable to walk or even roll over in bed. But Isbell has a personal care assistant through Medicaid, ...